Engraved historiated title-page

A surreptitious translation of the author's Raccolta di alcune cose più segnalate, che ebbero gli antichi, e di alcune altre trovate da' moderni, which appeared first in manuscript copies only. The first printed edition of the original work was published in Venice 1612, with the addition of the "considerazioni di F. Gaultieri"--Cf. note of A. Zeno in Biblioteca dell' eloquenza italiana di monsignore Giusto Fontanini (1753). v. 2, p. 250

Bound in old sprinkled calf; edges sprinkled red; label of Ulrich Middeldorf on inside front board; former owner's signature and date of 1766 on front free endpaper verso

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